It's not my favourite era of Yes - I might be atypical but Fragile and CttE are my least favourite albums from the main sequence. I'm not a huge fan of Yessongs - I prefer Yesshows by a country mile. The thought of having seven recordings of an identical setlist from that period just isn't igniting my enthusiasm.

If they had released a curated sampling from each of those shows - maybe I'd consider it. I just feel like releasing live albums is just a way to get "new" product on the shelves without having to go through the expense and work of making a NEW album. The fans get excited to see something new in the stores only to get it home and find audio of songs they already have a few times over.

I have also lost interest in live albums. If each of these CD's had been from different eras, maybe I would have been tickled by this offer.

I can see the idea behind this though, as the playfulness in the band really bloomed in how they often improvised and jammed during the shows.Especially Rick added quite a bit of humor, like inserting "Yankee Doodle Dandy" in "Roundabout" as in a bootleg I got from a Yestalker years ago.

But seven CD's with the same setlist is not for me. I prefer to listen to the studio albums.This is for the hardcore yesnerds and I guess I'm not one of them, much as I love Yes.

I must admit that I'm not all that excited about Progeny. Now if the WHOLE concert from 1976 at the Cobo Hall Detroit was released, now THAT would ignite my interest! Parts of this are on Yesshows and Word Is Live (best tracks on those albums) and I just want to hear the whole thing completely remastered. Same with Talk tour.